The war of the League of Cambrai. Temporary loss of the whole mainland Dominions. Dominions recovered by ten years of clever diplomacy. Advantages of a permanent republican government pursuing a consistent policy, over the sometimes whimsical choices of modern monarchical States. Reorganisation of the Dominions. Control over the local legal systems through updates to the local statutes and their legification. Imperial vicarage legitimising the Venetian jurisdictio over fiefs in the Dominions, and resistance of the feudal lords. The problem of a census of the fiefs. The problem of drawing taxes from the feudal lords. The problem of feudal jurisdictions. Institution of the magistrate of Provveditori sopra Feudi. Institution of the Riformatori allo Studio di Padova, bringing it from a medieval autonomous association to a State-managed modern university. Pressure on secular governments by the catholic Church at the time of the Counter-reform, and resistance by the Venetian government. Secular censorship by the Riformatori allo Studio di Padova, protecting the printing press industry in Venice and maintaining a wider access to printing for all authors. Campaigns of public works for the update and maintenance of local infrastructures, as well as for the global management of the system of rivers in the Dominions, to stave off the silting of the lagoon of Venice during the "small glaciation" event. Institution of the Provveditori ai Beni inculti and expansion of the attributions of Savi and Esecutori alle Acque.